§ SIR. SAMUEL SCOTT (Marylebone, W.)To ask the First Commissioner of Works whether he is aware that many of the residents round Regent's Park are adverse to the substitution of an iron spiked fence in place of the present one of oak timber, as being likely to destroy the present rural character of the park; and whether he will stop the work now in progress and allow the timber fence to remain as it is at present.
393 (Answered by Mr. Harcourt.) I am aware that many of the residents round Regent's Park object to the substitution of an iron fence for the oak one. I regret that I am unable to stop the work arid allow the timber fence to remain, because it is in a state of decay and past, repair.